Elancia Chronicles - Battle System Pre-Alpha
A downloadable game
An early iteration of the battle system that will be featured in Elancia Chronicles, a Japanese-style role-playing-game based on Leilani Wilson's novel series of the same name. Inspired by early PlayStation games from the mid-to-late '90s, Elancia focuses on providing a classic RPG experience with modern sensibilities and quality of life features, low-poly PSX-style visuals, and a gripping, queer-focused narrative.
This version focuses exclusively on the game's core battle system, currently ten weeks into development. The battle sees Verse and Xan, beast-kin pirates, pitted against a crew of sailors they're attempting to rob in the game's prologue. All core mechanics currently planned for the game's average encounter are functional in this version, though the visuals and UI still require a great deal of implementation, reworking, and polish.
Controls (Keyboard/PlayStation/Xbox):
- Navigate Menus: Arrow Keys/D-Pad/D-Pad
- Select Option: Space Bar/Cross/A
- Backtrack to Previous Menu: Escape/Circle/B
Notes:
- The game does not currently have a victory or defeat screen. You have won once you've defeated all of the enemies on screen, or have lost when both Verse and Xan have been defeated.
- As stated above, visuals have only extremely basic implementation at this point. This, as well as various issues and shortcomings with the UI, will be addressed in future updates.
- If you have any critiques, feedback, or bugs to report, please feel free to comment them here on the Itch.io page, or reach out to the development team via the official Elancia Chronicles Discord server (https://discord.gg/KdYwpH97GS) or @KitTheGoddess.bsky.social on Bluesky.
- If you're curious about the development process for the game, feel free to check out the Process Documentation here! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1rikQFBYpL4ZfgxeNZBu9xHstOTXlnd7QT-tl8VFgo/...
Credits:
- Design and Development: Madeline Miller (KitTheGoddess)
- Story, Characters, and Music: Leilani Wilson
- Character Modeling and Animation: Doki Doku
- UI Character Portraits borrowed from Renz's cover art for the 2025 release of Symphony of Shifting Tides. Will likely be replaced later.
- PLACEHOLDER Sailor Character Models from Disney Move. Will be replaced in a future update.
Download
Install instructions
Extract the .zip file into a separate folder. Keep all files together, as separating them could cause unintended issues. Run the .exe file. The game will throw you directly into combat, as a start menu has not been created yet.
